Ok Karan I'm goin 2 tell u a lot.............do read.....
1. Decide ur purpose of insurance......
a>U want to insure just bcz u want to insure not takin it as an investment
b>u r takin it as an investment to save tax+plus a bit return
2.for case 'a' go for
term policies..........they take an one time payment...........cover u for d decided term and if something happens to u pays d due to ur family..........BUT if nothing happens to u, u get nothing.
eg. if u take 10/15 lac policy for 20 yrs, u may have to pay 20-25k as one time payment and forget it..........if in this cover duration something happens to u, ur beneficiary gets d insured sum........n if nothin happens u get nothing
why it: 1. U think its not a bad idea if they cover u for 20 yrs with 20k only
2. U don't care if don't get nything as long as this cover is present
3. U think that d money u r gonna save by not paying a high premium for a long time 4 such kinda cover will be more than the paid amount
4. In this scheme u can invest in Mutual Funds which provides good return with the amount u save by not paying a yrly premium.
3. U take option 'b' in which u take it as an investment u can preity much go to any policy holders who provides u return aftr a certain time..........like LIC have some schemes where for 5lac cover u've to pay 28k per yr, and will be protected for 15 yrs, in this duration they will pay u 50k in every 5yr........and 3.5lac after the term ends and ur 'alive'
............this is d classic one...........is in market for a long time.
4. U can opt for an ULIP plan. They provide u good coverage with same amount as in option 3 but "CHANCES" are ther u'll get a good return(as share market is involved)
If u've come this far by reading........kudos 2 ur patience............and I might have already confused u more (I think u were confused already as u've posted a question here

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go ahead make d choice first then comes d company........policy.......etc......